"Your Majesty the Emperor, Distinguished Generals, what I am showing you now is a weapon that can change the pattern of land warfare, and it makes up for the last link of the German Army's offensive! So that our soldiers don't have to brave the hail of bullets anymore! Machine guns and mortars will no longer be an obstacle to our advance, and when the number of tanks in front of us reaches a certain limit, we can easily crush the opponent's defenses and quickly break through the opponent's ...... faster than the infantry can move. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Moltke spent a full 40 minutes introducing this Vespa assault gun from Bavaria, but unfortunately, the people below didn't seem to buy it! Looking at the Kaiser, who had a flat reaction, and at Count Schlieffen, who looked indifferent, Moltke's mood quickly fell to a low point.

"Actually, this weapon has no advantage over the armored vehicles we are equipped with, and it has no survivability in the face of the 75mm rapid-fire guns of the French. If only defensive machine guns, current armored vehicles can do it, and they are faster and cheaper to build. Count Schlieffen said after listening to Moltke's introduction.

"But this vehicle is equipped with a 75mm gun! Relying on this artillery, our infantry can solve more than 90% of targets on the offensive path! Moreover, the 75mm rapid-fire guns of the French did not have armor-piercing shells, they were equipped with the most shrapnel shells, and the grenades did not have any effect on our new tanks. Moltke retorted.

"But the French only need to be equipped with one kind of cannonball to make our new equipment, which currently costs millions or even tens of millions of marks, scrap metal, which is absolutely not allowed! And what I need for you is that this is not a perfect weapon, and its current stability can be described as poor, the vehicle needs to change an engine after 150 kilometers of travel, and the vehicle needs to be maintained every day, and the lubricating oil, filter, and fan need to be replaced. The person who can handle this vehicle is not a warrior, but a top-notch mechanic! Think about it, if our troops were to attack, they would have to cover a distance of 300 to 400 kilometers, so would this tank unit need to prepare three engines before it set off? Count Schlieffen said.

"Now this vehicle has a lot of problems, but it represents a new kind of power! We now have plenty of time to perfect it! Not now, not necessarily not in the future, we can't lose the opportunity. ”

The prince's document to Moltke Jr. was still very realistic, describing all aspects of the performance of the vehicle very impressively. But what the prince didn't expect was that little Moltke was so realistic when he reported?? The last time Moltke replied to the letter, he vaguely mentioned the falsification of the plane photos, but also acquiesced to the prince's small actions of falsification. The prince felt that Moltke's brain should be enough! Why don't you know how to fake when you should fake? Naturally, you can't tell the truth at the critical moment!

"Even if everything is up to the standard of use, as promised by Prince Ruprecht, I still do not think that the Prussian army will need to be heavily equipped with chariots! Because this is not only a military issue, but also a strategic and tactical issue, although this tank is good, but we don't need it at all! "Count Schlieffen did not give Moltke Jr. a chance to continue to defend himself, and directly denied Moltke's proposal from a higher level!

"In the future, the Reich is likely to face a two-sided attack from Germany and France, in which case any tactics that want to win by positional warfare are undesirable. The French have vast colonies, the Russians are rich in native resources, what do we have in Germany? So we can only do it quickly! The key to a quick battle is to use the railroad system to quickly complete the army's season, and then use the railroad as a tool to kill the enemy's hinterland. Destroy your opponent before they complete their mobilization and readiness! ”

"If I'm not mistaken, you and the prince once accused me of unrealistic tactics, right? Is it true that the railways do not have enough capacity and that Germany cannot fully take over the Belgian and French rail systems? Since the capacity is not enough in the first place, how can these things be transported with the new addition? Schlieffen had a vengeful look on his face! Didn't you say that Lao Tzu's plan was unrealistic? How about now? Shoot yourself in the foot!

"But these vehicles can be maneuvered on the road, and I believe that if we are given some time, the range and stability of the Vespa assault gun will be greatly improved. It is enough for these armored units to maneuver directly on the road, without the need for railways at all. Moltke blushed in defense, his embarrassed and angry expression overflowing.

"Okay, even if you can do it together, do you know how much the sudden addition of such a tank will change our Prussian military system? First of all, our engineer system needs to be rebuilt, the bridge repaired by our sappers and the pontoon bridge that we erected as long as it could cross the carriage, and now, we have to make this bridge withstand an iron lump of nearly 20 tons! And we also have to equip the sappers with cranes to replace and repair these vehicles.

"Secondly, our current railway system needs to be reset, I don't know if you noticed, this tank was designed to the standard of the Bavarian railway line! The width is not a big problem, but the trailer is longer than most of our current trailers. Maybe the Bavarians keep their railway system out of line with us for the sake of these big guys, and if I hadn't had to transport all this heavy equipment, first of all, our railway system would have to be updated with a new batch of flatbed trailers, and this is a lot of work and investment. ”

Count Schlieffen was right in saying that so far the railway lines of the South German states had not been connected with the North German states led by Prussia. Naturally, the prince designed his weapons according to the standards of his own railway transportation. And now, the standards of the two sides are really different......

"Of course, the most important issue is that whether it is a 75mm howitzer, a heavier 150mm howitzer, or even a 210mm howitzer, it can be towed by horses. Although they are slower, they are cheaper and fit in with our current military system. According to our current tactics, artillery will become the main force to break through the opponent's defenses, and the infantry will only need to occupy it. Even if direct fire is needed from the front line, the 75mm rapid-fire gun can be pushed to the front line. There is no need for us to put an engine on the artillery and get another iron shell of more than a dozen tons! The price of one assault gun is enough to build 8 75mm guns! "Schlieffen gave Moltke the final blow!

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